This course is designed as an introduction to common metalsmithing techniques and tools such as cold connections and jewelry saws.

Through hands-on experience, participants will learn sawing, riveting, drilling, filing, and sanding, and practice these techniques under instructor supervision. Participants will also learn about the various properties of non-ferrous metals.

This course is the prerequisite for the Belt Buckle Workshop. You must take the jewelry blades you received in this course to use in the Belt Buckle Workshop.

We’ll cover everything from pattern tracing and leather cutting to embossing designs using traditional tools. There will be eight designs to choose from, all of which will give you practice using a wide range of leather tooling techniques. While, yes, in this workshop we’ll be making something cool, a lot of emphasis will be put on practicing technique with some of the more specialized leather crafting tools. Swivel knife and stamping tools in particular are the focus of tools that you’ll be practicing with.

At the end of this workshop, you’ll have experience with pattern transferring, swivel knife work, how to properly case leather for tooling, tooling (stamping) designs, edge finishing and dressing, hardware setting and care of tools.

Please bring a USB flash drive if you’d like an .svg file of all the patterns offered in the class and the swivel knife practice worksheets.

Prerequisites: None, but you should be comfortable with the laser cutters and the woodshop tools.

Participants will learn the process from start to finish: measuring for the perfect size, laying out the holes, folding in a swappable belt buckle, edge finishing, dyeing and sealing the leather. Handouts will cover all the instructions and includes templates for hole placement and different billet-end shapes.

Supplies for the class are provided by the instructor, but if you’ve taken the ‘"Make a Custom Belt Buckle" class, you can use that buckle.

* Membership is verified at the time of the class session. Be sure to bring your badge.

WKS743: Date Night! - Metal Rose
Make your own metal rose out of steel. In this workshop, each student will make a rose from sheet steel, cutting out the petals and shaping them using traditional techniques. Once your petals are ready, you'll attach them to a metal stem and weld them together. This is a flower that will never, ever wilt! You and your date will walk away from this workshop with your very own handmade metal roses to use as decoration in your garden, office or home.

* Membership is verified at the time of the class session. Be sure to bring your badge.

WKS747: Autodesk Inventor Modeling Lab
The Autodesk Inventor Modeling Lab is a place to practice techniques, develop skills, and get help. Bring a file you've already started or bring sketches of your design to get help modeling it. This student-driven class does not rely on a handout or traditional instruction; instead the class is driven by student questions and needs.

Examples: Using sweep, loft and coil to get more complex shapes, get advice on order of operations, get help modeling an existing object

Students must have taken and passed the Autodesk Inventor Basics class.

Project: None. Students will receive help with their personal projects.

* Membership is verified at the time of the class session. Be sure to bring your badge.

WKS752: Get It Quilted on the Long Arm
You’ve taken the first step towards finishing your quilts on the long arm by completing the CNC Long Arm Quilting Machine SBU. If you hadn't used a long arm before the taking SBU, it was probably a little intimidating; loading your pieces, dialing in tension on an industrial machine, and remembering all the steps is hard.

Now it's time to increase your comfort level with the long arm quilter.

During this hands-on workshop, you will complete the quilting on a quilt you’ve brought with you (no bigger than 36” x 44”). You will:

Pin your quilt to your zipper set

Load your quilt

Baste your quilt

Test your tension using the Top Tension Pro and TOWA Bobbin Tension Gauge

Quilt your quilt using free motion or the ProStitcher

Unload your quilt

By the end of this workshop, you will have completed the quilting process and should be ready to tackle your quilting projects!

Prerequisites: Workshop participants are required to first complete the CNC Long Arm Quilting Machine SBU. Participants should also have a completed quilt top that is no bigger than 36” x 44.”